Daegu Metropolitan Subway
Sign in to saverapid transit railway in Daegu, South Korea
Key facts
- Owner
- City of Daegu
- Locale
- Daegu , South Korea
- Transit type
- Rapid transit and Monorail
- Number of lines
- 2 rapid transit, 1 monorail
- Number of stations
- 60 (rapid transit only) , 90 (incl. monorail)
- Began operation
- 26 November 1997 ; 28 years ago ( 26 November 1997 )
- Operator s
- Daegu Transportation Corporation
- Number of vehicles
- Rapid transit train and monorail
- System length
- 59.8 km (37.2 mi) , (rapid transit only) , 83.7 km (52.0 mi) , (incl. monorail)
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) (rapid transit only)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rapid transit
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Daegu
- Official website
- www.dtro.or.kr
- Image
- DMSC Daegu Subway 1 Jungangno Station.jpg
- Significant event
- Daegu subway fire
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- Commons category
- Daegu Subway
- topic's main category
- Category:Daegu Metro
- date of official opening
- 1997-00-00
- Revised Romanization
- Daegu dosicheoldo
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Taegu tosich'ŏlto
- inception
- 1997-00-00
- patronage
- 168000000
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Encyclopedic overview
Geographical map with stations Daegu Metro (Korean: 대구 도시철도) is a metro system that serves primarily the South Korean city of Daegu.
It encompasses the three lines operated by Daegu Transportation Corporation (DTRO)—Line 1, Line 2, and Line 3—as well as the Daegu–Gyeongbuk Line (Daegyeong Line), a commuter rail operated by Korail. The system serves as the backbone of public transportation within the city and is gradually expanding into the surrounding Gyeongsangbuk-do region. As of 2015, the number of average daily passengers is 186,992 people for Line 1, 177,984 people for Line 2, and 69,127 people for Line 3.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daegu Metropolitan Subway” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.